Rewrite on Hannah's Post

 Through Hannah's experiment, there were definitely flaws, but had a good meaning behind it. The general flaws were that it's harder to tell which show is funnier with one having a laugh track and one without. Also, with it being two different shows, one can't completely see which show is funnier because of the different jokes. There are too many variables and moving parts. However, for the purpose of this class, she conducted it anyways to give a general understanding of how the experiment works, and how it relates to the real unbiased experiment she researched. In the experiment she conducted, it was more accurate with it being the same show and same episode having one with a laugh track and one without. This provided a more truthful experiment with reliable results. The results showed that the show with the laugh track was generally funnier and people enjoyed it more. 
 Why is it that people liked having the laugh track? One reason could possibly be the amount of silence the show allows in place of the laughter. The silence could result in awkwardness making the jokes seem less funny or not known that a joke was said in the first place. The laugh could also be in place too emphasize the "funniness" of the joke subconsciously reminding the viewer to laugh. From what it seems, the more people that are laughing, whether or not a laugh track is involved, the funnier the joke is meant to be.  
 The Zupancic article helps clarify what we understand about the topic in general during the shows involving the laugh track. We are able to understand that "Comedy always materializes and gives a body to what can otherwise appear as an unspeakable, infinite Mystery of the other scene." (Zupancic) There is always a two sided connection in comedy. One can see that in both shows Hannah specifically gave to us, bringing in two thoughts of argument being if the laugh track makes a show funnier or not.

Response to Hannah

Friends
1.  8 it's pretty funny.
2. 10 I definitely enjoyed it
3. Naughty humor, Sarcasm, Wordplay humor, Incongruity, People doing stupid things

The Office1. 10 I had plenty of laughs 
2. 10 One of my favorite episodes
3. Putdown humor, Sarcasm, People doing stupid things, A sight gag, Naughty humor

This was a great experiment to participate in!! Great idea bringing this into the lead blog post. I'm glad I could be apart of it. I didn't realize how using the laugh track could make such a difference between the tv shows! This is definitely an interesting topic of discussion. I wounder if you could compare Friends to The Office without the laugh track on Friends. Would that be a fair test or does it give Friends an unfair advantage? 

Response to Lindsey

I love how you incorporated the barbies into the meme world. As a girl, I grew up playing with my barbies and treating them as if they were friends of my own. It was quite funny to see how my childhood could be flipped around in a more inappropriate manner (but hilarious). I agree how you tied in the incongruity theory of how we perceived barbies and how they play the typical over exaggerated role of high school drama queens. It works because we are not used to playing them out this way, but it is inevitably funny to the viewers. It took me a little bit to warm up to their comedy and processing the barbie aspect, but once I let go of what I wanted the barbies to be like, I thought it was very enjoyable and funny to watch!